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    Twitching and atrophy is not always ALS

    Hi! Been a while since I've posted here, but I have a story that many people can relate to when it comes to panicking/getting anxiety towards ALS due to symptoms. For me, it all started back in October 2014. I noticed some twitching in my right arm, looked on the internet and automatically...
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    Twitching/Atrophy Doesn't Always Mean ALS

    Hi! Been a while since I've posted here, but I have a story that many people can relate to when it comes to panicking/getting anxiety towards ALS due to symptoms. For me, it all started back in October 2014. I noticed some twitching in my right arm, looked on the internet and automatically...
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    Update after a yr of symptoms

    Hey everyone, I haven't posted here in a while. About a year ago, I began to have symptoms that concerned me about ALS. After going through the battery of tests...EMGs, spinal tap, blood tests, Dr. Glass at Emory diagnosed me with Parsonage-Turner Syndrome. I have atrophy in my dominant hand...
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    Emory follow-up on June 30th

    Hey everyone - I had posted a few months ago, March to be exact, regarding my visit to Dr. Glass at Emory. I came away with a preliminary diagnosis of Parsonage-Turner Syndrome or Idiopathic Brachial Neuritis. My follow-up is in a little under two weeks and I am really level headed, unlike I...
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    Results from Dr Glass at Emory

    Well folks, especially Nikki, Tillie, Dusty, Clearwater AL and skipper, who have been so gracious as to put up with my previous DIHALS posts, I may have finally zero'd in on a diagnosis. First off, I want to thank you guys from the bottom of my heart for responding to me. Honestly, you guys...
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    Tim Shaw feature on Fox Sports

    There was a great piece on Tim Shaw, former NFL player diagnosed at age 30, on Fox sports this past week. Sad, terrifying...yet inspiring.
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    an update

    I had posted here a few times about my ALS fear and wanted to give an update. This week, I was referred to Dr. Glass at Emory. He is booked out until June, so I scheduled an earlier appointment with Dr. McCluskey at UPenn in early March. My latest exam found absent reflexes in multiple places...
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    Got an EMG....chronic denervation?

    I'm back - EMG done on left side and right arm. He didn't say much other than there is chronic denervation showing at the c7-c8. I understand als has to have more than just chronic, correct? Doctor still seemed reluctant to point towards any diagnosis
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    Timeline of symptoms - should I be concerned?

    Hello all. Hope to not waste your time here. I am Hunter - a 27 yo male. I first want to say that I read the stickies and have seen doctors, but find myself here because I just can't seem to find some answers. Here's a brief..okay maybe not brief, timeline of my symptoms and such...i apologize...
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